Small Text Question

I'm trying to create a document with text sizes smaller than 6 pt. The problem is that the "Other" option in the drop-down menu is grayed out and I don't know why. I tried several different fonts and different types of fonts, but they all had the same problem.
For the moment, I'm creating my text in Illustrator, then cutting and pasting it into InDesign, but I'd rather just create it in InDesign directly.
Any help would be appreciated.

Didn't read the part about the drop-down menu. Was just looking in the character palette. Nonetheless, it may be the same thing. If the Other field in Cindy's character palette is greyed out as well, which I'm guessing it is, inputing a value there may jump start the whole thing.

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